. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  G/TBT/N/COL/71 
4 October 2005 
 
 (05-4427) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   Spanish 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6. 
 
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  COLOMBIA
 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible:   Ministerio de Minas y Energía  (Ministry of Mines and Energy) 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   Ministerio de 
Comercio, Industria y Turismo  (Ministry of Commerce, Industry and Tourism) 
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applic able, otherwise national tariff heading.  
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):   LPG cylinders, LPG 
tanks (tariff headings 7311.00.10.00, 7311.00.90.00, 7311.00, 3923.30.10.00 and 
3923.30.90.90) 
5. Title, number of pages and lang uage(s) of the notified document:   Proyecto de 
Resolución del Ministerio de Minas y Energía , “Por la cual se expide el Reglamento 
Técnico para Cilindros y Tanques Estacionario s utilizados en la prestación del servicio 
público domiciliario de Gas Licuado del Petról eo, GLP, y sus procesos de mantenimiento"  
(Ministry of Mines and Energy Draft Resolution issuing the Technical Regulation on stationary cylinders and tanks used for the pub lic residential supply of liquefied petroleum 
gas (LPG) and the procedures for the mainte nance thereof)  (25 pages, in Spanish). 
6. Description of content:   This draft Resolution covers th e following:  Purpose; Scope of 
application; Definitions and abbreviations; Requirements for manufacturers and/or firms 
engaged in cylinder and/or tank maintenance;  Requirements for cylinders used for the 
public residential supply of liquefied petrol eum gas (LPG); Metal cylinder maintenance 
requirements; Maintenance of cylinders of co mposite construction; Requirements for tanks 
used for the public residential supply of lique fied petroleum gas (LPG); Tank maintenance 
requirements; Special marking of cylinders; Special marking of tanks; Conformity assessment procedure; Demonstration of comp liance; Tariff subheadings; Monitoring and 
inspection body; Penalty system and Period of validity. 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:
 
 Prevent safety risks and practices likely to mislead users. G/TBT/N/COL/71 
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 8. Relevant documents:   Colombian Technical Standards NTC 9, NTC 522-1 (5
th Revision), 
NTC 522-2 (1st Revision), NTC 811, NTC 1091, NTC 3712 (1995 Edition) and NTC 3853 
(1996 Edition); International Organization fo r Standardization standards ISO 11119-3:2003 
and ISO 4706; European Standard EN 12245-2002; American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Code, Section VIII, Division 1, 1998 Edition, 2000 Addenda; 
Resolutions No. 074 of 1996 and No. 019 of 200 2 of the Electricity and Gas Regulation 
Commission (CREG); Resolutions No. 80505 of 1997 and No. 181788 of 29 December 2004 of the Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy, as notified in document G/TBT/N/COL/63. 
9. Proposed date of adoption:  
Proposed date of entry into force:  Upon publication in the Official Journal. 
Six (6) months as from the date of publication in 
the Official Journal. 
10. Final date for comments:   29 December 2005 
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ X ], 
Enquiry Point : 
Contact person:  Daniel Héctor Rico R.  
Tel.: (+571) 606-7676, Ext. 1690 Fax: (+571) 241-0480 E-mail: danielrico@mincomercio.gov.co
 
Dirección de Regulación  
Ministerio de Comercio, Industria y Turismo 
Calle 28 No. 13A - 15, cuarto piso 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia Tel.: (+571) 241-0478 Web site: www.mincomercio.gov.co
 
 or address, telephone and fax numbers and E-mail and Web site addresses, if available, of other body:    
 
Ministerio de Minas y Energía Centro Administrativo Nacional - CAN, piso 5
o 
Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 
E-mail: Nestor.Capote@minminas.gov.co Fax: (+571) 324-5207 Tel.: (+571) 324-5202 
Web site: www.minminas.gov.co